The impetuosity of teenagers often gets them into trouble. From LearnThat.org.
The officers of companies have always some little exertion to restrain impetuosity, and your galloping gentlemen set our men wild sometimes. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.] Reference
Yes, old friend Ulrich, Stein is sorry that his impetuosity was the cause of spoiling this beautiful day. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig] Reference
The soldier has no longer that ardor, that impetuosity, which is redoubled in the heat of action, when the fight is hand to hand. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
I shall never cure myself of an impetuosity which is all the more dangerous because I believe its motive is sacred. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte]
Madeleine had inherited much of her father's lively nature; but she had also a kind of impetuosity, which one of her governesses had called defiance. From Wordnik.com. [Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel] Reference
In fact, the unknown spoke with that impetuosity which is the principal character of English accentuation, even among men who speak the French language with the greatest purity. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicomte De Bragelonne] Reference
"What Miss Sanford?" asked Mrs. Turner, with that feminine impetuosity which is born of an incredulity as to any one's being able to convey information in one's own time and way. From Wordnik.com. [Marion's Faith.] Reference
The Viscount's rashness and impetuosity would ruin all!. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
Alas, Miss Evans, your Irish impetuosity will cost you dear!. From Wordnik.com. [Judy of York Hill] Reference
Each moment added to its speed -- to its headlong impetuosity. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
Big Boulder, rushing down with an impetuosity that was forbidding. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
They fought on foot and were noted for the impetuosity of their charge. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
And he still has an impetuosity that is nervous-making to old foreign-policy hands. From Wordnik.com. [What These Eyes Have Seen] Reference
The door opened suddenly, and Aline burst into the room with her usual impetuosity. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But especially insulting is such forwardness and impetuosity in answering questions. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
Maurice had allowed himself to be carried away by his youthful impetuosity, that was all!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But they rushed on with reckless impetuosity and were finally driven back with heavy loss. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918] Reference
Then, too, he seemed to have caught some of the Spanish impetuosity since coming to Porto Rico. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar] Reference
"I never saw such a people; I'll never understand them," etc. His magnificent impetuosity again. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
With her usual impetuosity Muriel announced her intention of taking Mignon to task before the game. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore] Reference
All this haste and impetuosity was meekly but decidedly resisted by the slow Marquis of Tullibardine. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
Probably no person on earth but his wife knew the steely determination behind her husband's impetuosity. From Wordnik.com. [Lloyd George The Man and His Story] Reference
Homer hurries and transports us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. From Wordnik.com. ["Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students] Reference
On the other hand, impetuosity, fire, strong-headedness, are impressed on every sentence in the Epistles of. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
I offended you by my impetuosity when you provoked me to madness, but now I will be in the dust before you!. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
Highlanders, throwing away their muskets, attacked the foot with incredible impetuosity, who immediately gave ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.)] Reference
The two rivers blended gracefully on nearly equal terms, and the doubled volume started down with reckless impetuosity. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
He, understanding the impetuosity of the girl, as well as her reckless fearlessness, could not conceal the anxiety he felt. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Panine, with his Polish impetuosity, was making the most ardent protestations to Pierre -- he would be indebted to him for life. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The explosion so long pent up burst forth, and a flood of words poured from the young man's lips with inexpressible impetuosity. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Lloyd George, and with the whole impetuosity of his nature he turned his attention to the needs of the British army in the field. From Wordnik.com. [Lloyd George The Man and His Story] Reference
It was less than two years before Wall Street was convinced that he was "unsafe," and sadly shook its head over his "impetuosity.". From Wordnik.com. [Theodore Roosevelt and His Times] Reference
For clearness and limpidity of touch and unerring precision, for impetuosity of style, combined with dreamy delicacy, he has few rivals. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Many painters are thus, satisfying with magnificent models an impetuosity of temperament which does not mount from the senses to the heart. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Dean's impetuosity, his willingness to say what's on his mind -- whatever is on his mind -- is a refreshing contrast to the typical calculating, slick politician. From Wordnik.com. [THE WASP'S NEST] Reference
As Lambernier saw the giant's fist coming down upon him, he darted to one side and the blow only struck the air, making the coachman stumble from the force of his impetuosity. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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